Business Object XI R2 Recommended Settings for WebLogic

The recommendations in this guide are based on a multi-tier architecture.














Windows XP Professional
Environment
Windows XP Professional Edition Service Pack 2
MDAC 2.8 is required.
Acrobat Reader 7.0

Hardware component
Number of CPUs - 1
Type of CPU - Pentium III 733MHz minimum
Memory - 256 MB recommended minimum
Disk (Size) - 3 GB of free space minimum, 30 GB for IDE
Network Desktop to RDBMS - 100Mbps
Network Card Type - Ethernet
Network Card Number - 1
File System Type - FAT32 or NTFS
Swap Space - Default

Internet Explorer
Environment
Internet Explorer 6.0

SP1
SUN Java Runtime
Environment 1.4.2.05
No Microsoft JVM supported.
Internet Explorer 6.0

SP2
SUN Java Runtime
Environment 1.4.2.05
No Microsoft JVM supported.

Parameters
Security Settings
To access the Security Settings in Internet Explorer:
1. Select Tools > Internet Options > Security.
2. Click Custom Level.
3. In the Security Settings box, set the following parameters:
Advanced Settings
To access the Advanced Settings in Internet Explorer:
1. Select Tools > Internet Options > Advanced.
2. Select the following options:
• Under Printing, select Print background colors and images.
• Under Browsing, select Always send URLs as UTF-8 (requires
restart).

Server Tier Architecture
WebLogic application server

Environment details
WebLogic 8.1 Service Pack 4 with JDK 1.4.2_06
If installed on HP-UX, the following patches must be
installed:
• PHNE_30367 Cumulative STREAMS patch
• PHNE_31247 Cumulative ARPA Transport patch

Parameter Recommended setting/ value
Thread Count 45
Socket Readers 50
Stuck Thread Max Time Set this value to the Maximum active time
specified for the Web Intelligence cluster.
Stuck Thread Timer Interval 60
Threads Increase

BusinessObjects Enterprise Server operating
system

Solaris
Solaris 10 minimum installation with the following patchs:
• SUNWgzip (The GNU Zip (gzip) compression utility)
• SUNWzlib (The Zip compression library)
• SUNWscpu (Source compatibility)
• SUNWbash (GNU Bourne-Again shell (bash))
• SUNWbcp (SunOS 4.x Binary Compatibility)
• SUNWxcu4 XCU4 utilities
• SUNWxwfnt (W Window System required fonts)
• SUNWxwplt (X Window System platform software)
• SUNWlibC (Sun Workshop Compilers Bundled libC)
• SUNWuiu8 Iconv modules for UTF-8 Locale
• SUNWulcf UTF-8 Locale Environment Common Files
• SUNWmfrun (Motif RunTime Kit)
• SUNWxwice (ICE package)
Use J2SE SDK 1.4.2 (1.4.2.02 or later is recommended).
bash installed
To check the OS version, use the following command:
uname -a
To check the patch level, use the following command:
showrev -p egrep "108528108827108434109147"

Parameter Value
Shell /bin/sh or /bin/ksh or bash
User account Recommended use of a non-root, dedicated user
account for Administration tasks.
user setting (limit,
ulimit)
• data segment unlimited
• file size unlimited
• open file = 1024
• stack size = 8192
• virtual memory unlimited
• cpu time unlimited
LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH should be empty to avoid
conflicts with Business Objects server settings
(defined in the MyWebiEnv.sh file).
PATH PATH should be restricted to /usr/bin to avoid
conflicts with Business Objects server settings
(defined in the MyWebiEnv.sh file).

Database Tier Architecture
Oracle
OracleServer 9.2.06 Enterprise Edition
OracleServer 10.1.0.3 Enterprise Edition

Hardware component Value
Number of CPU’s 4
Type of CPU 750 MHz minimum
System bus: 150Mhz min
Memory 4 GB
Disk (Size) 18 GB x 8
Disk (Type)
Note: This specific
configuration of disk
controllers is not
required. It is an
example of how to
configure your disks.
SCSI controller #1: Operating system, database
server software, paging file
SCSI controller #2: Database server journal files
SCSI controller #3: Dedicated to CMS tables
SCSI controller #4: Dedicated to CMS tables
SCSI controller #5: Dedicated to Data source
SCSI controller #6: Dedicated to Data source
SCSI controller #7: Dedicated to Database server
dictionary, undo information and sort space
SCSI controller #8: Dedicated to Database server
dictionary, undo information and sort space
Network (middle-tier to
database)
100 Mbps
File System Type RAW
Swap Space 4GB
Network Card Type Ethernet
Network Card Number 1

Parameter Definition "Oracle 9" "Oracle 10"
db_block_size These parameters set
the RDBMS cache size
8192
db_block_buffers 183500 n/a
db_file_multiblo
ck_read_count
Facilitates the “full
table scan”
64 n/a
shared_pool_size Storage area for
parsed SQL
67108864 n/a
log_checkpoint_
interval
Accelerates log 10000 n/a
Processes Maximum number of
clients
512
log_buffer Accelerates log 163840 n/a
sort_area_size 3 MB n/a
TCP/IP Port 1521 n/a
sga_target n/a 384 MB
pga_aggregate_
target
n/a 128 MB
undo_management n/a Undo
undo_tablespace n/a Undo